The Cochrane Library: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Copyright © 2013 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/14651858
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- Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group
- Reviews
- Abdominal lift for laparoscopic cholecystectomyReview
- Alpha-foetoprotein and/or liver ultrasonography for screening of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis BReview
- Anabolic-androgenic steroids for alcoholic liver diseaseReview
- Antacids for preventing oesophagogastric variceal bleeding and rebleeding in cirrhotic patientsReview
- Antibiotic prophylaxis for cirrhotic patients with upper gastrointestinal bleedingReview
- Antibiotic prophylaxis for leptospirosisReview
- Antibiotic prophylaxis for patients undergoing elective endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographyReview
- Antibiotic prophylaxis for patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomyReview
- Antibiotic prophylaxis for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotic patients with ascites, without gastro-intestinal bleedingReview
- Antibiotics for leptospirosisReview
- Antibiotics for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotic patientsReview
- Antifibrinolytic amino acids for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with acute or chronic liver diseaseReview
- Antioxidant supplements for liver diseasesReview
- Antioxidant supplements for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and/or steatohepatitisReview
- Antioxidant supplements for preventing gastrointestinal cancersReview
- Antioxidant supplements for prevention of mortality in healthy participants and patients with various diseasesReview
- Antiviral prophylactic intervention for chronic hepatitis C virus in patients undergoing liver transplantationReview
- Antiviral therapy for recurrent liver graft infection with hepatitis C virusReview
- Antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis C in patients with human immunodeficiency virusReview
- Artificial and bioartificial support systems for liver failureReview
- Azathioprine for primary biliary cirrhosisReview
- Banding ligation versus beta-blockers for primary prevention in oesophageal varices in adultsReview
- Bariatric surgery for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in obese patientsReview
- Benzodiazepine receptor antagonists for hepatic encephalopathyReview
- Bezafibrate for primary biliary cirrhosisReview
- Bicyclol for chronic hepatitis BReview
- Bicyclol for chronic hepatitis CReview
- Bile acids for liver-transplanted patientsReview
- Bile acids for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and/or steatohepatitisReview
- Bile acids for primary sclerosing cholangitisReview
- Bile acids for viral hepatitisReview
- Bisphosphonates for osteoporosis in primary biliary cirrhosisReview
- Booster dose vaccination for preventing hepatitis BReview
- Branched-chain amino acids for hepatic encephalopathyReview
- Calcineurin inhibitor minimisation versus continuation of calcineurin inhibitor treatment for liver transplant recipientsReview
- Cardiopulmonary interventions to decrease blood loss and blood transfusion requirements for liver resectionReview
- Chinese medicinal herbs for asymptomatic carriers of hepatitis B virus infectionReview
- Chinese medicinal herbs for chronic hepatitis BReview
- Chlorambucil for patients with primary biliary cirrhosisReview
- Cholecystectomy deferral in patients with endoscopic sphincterotomyReview
- Cholecystectomy for gallbladder polypReview
- Cholecystectomy for patients with silent gallstonesReview
- Cholecystectomy for suspected gallbladder dyskinesiaReview
- Colchicine for alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver fibrosis and cirrhosisReview
- Colchicine for primary biliary cirrhosisReview
- Cryotherapy for hepatocellular carcinomaReview
- Cyclosporin A for primary biliary cirrhosisReview
- Cyclosporin versus tacrolimus for liver transplanted patientsReview
- D-penicillamine for primary biliary cirrhosisReview
- D-penicillamine for primary sclerosing cholangitisReview
- Day-case versus overnight stay for laparoscopic cholecystectomyReview
- Dopaminergic agonists for hepatic encephalopathyReview
- Drugs improving insulin resistance for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and/or non-alcoholic steatohepatitisReviewWithdrawn
- Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitisReview
- Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for biliary colicReview
- Elective surgery for benign liver tumoursReview
- Emergency sclerotherapy versus vasoactive drugs for bleeding oesophageal varices in cirrhotic patientsReview
- Endoscopic balloon sphincter dilation (sphincteroplasty) versus sphincterotomy for common bile duct stonesReview
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography with or without stenting in patients with pancreaticobiliary malignancy, prior to surgeryReview
- Extended peginterferon plus ribavirin treatment for 72 weeks versus standard peginterferon plus ribavirin treatment for 48 weeks in chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 infected slow-responder adult patientsReview
- Glucocorticosteroids for primary biliary cirrhosisReview
- Glucocorticosteroids for primary sclerosing cholangitisReview
- Glucocorticosteroids for viral hepatitis CReview
- Hepatitis A immunisation in persons not previously exposed to hepatitis AReview
- Hepatitis B immunisation for newborn infants of hepatitis B surface antigen-positive mothersReview
- Hepatitis B immunisation in persons not previously exposed to hepatitis B or with unknown exposure statusReview
- Hepatitis B vaccination for patients with chronic renal failureReview
- Hormone replacement for osteoporosis in women with primary biliary cirrhosisReview
- Human recombinant activated factor VII for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with liver diseasesReview
- Image-guided percutaneous procedure plus metronidazole versus metronidazole alone for uncomplicated amoebic liver abscessReview
- Immunoglobulins for preventing hepatitis AReview
- Interferon alpha for chronic hepatitis DReview
- Interferon for acute hepatitis CReview
- Interferon for interferon naive patients with chronic hepatitis CReview
- Interferon for interferon nonresponding and relapsing patients with chronic hepatitis CReview
- Interventions for paracetamol (acetaminophen) overdoseReview
- Ischaemic pre-conditioning for elective liver resections performed under vascular occlusionReview
- Ischaemic preconditioning for liver transplantationReview
- Lamivudine or adefovir dipivoxil alone or combined with immunoglobulin for preventing hepatitis B recurrence after liver transplantationReview
- Lamivudine with or without adefovir dipivoxil for postoperative hepatocellular carcinomaReview
- Laparoscopic versus open cholecystectomy for patients with symptomatic cholecystolithiasisReview
- Laparoscopic versus small-incision cholecystectomy for patients with symptomatic cholecystolithiasisReview
- Liver resection versus other treatments for neuroendocrine tumours in patients with resectable liver metastasesReview
- Low pressure versus standard pressure pneumoperitoneum in laparoscopic cholecystectomyReview
- Medicinal herbs for hepatitis C virus infectionReview
- Methods of cystic duct occlusion during laparoscopic cholecystectomyReview
- Methods of decreasing infection to improve outcomes after liver resectionsReview
- Methods of preventing bacterial sepsis and wound complications for liver transplantationReview
- Methods of vascular occlusion for elective liver resectionsReview
- Methods of vascular occlusion for elective liver resectionsReviewWithdrawn
- Methods to decrease blood loss and transfusion requirements for liver transplantationReview
- Methotrexate for primary biliary cirrhosisReview
- Milk thistle for alcoholic and/or hepatitis B or C virus liver diseasesReview
- Miniport versus standard ports for laparoscopic cholecystectomyReview
- Neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy for surgical resection of hepatocellular carcinomaReview
- Nonabsorbable disaccharides for hepatic encephalopathyReview
- Nutritional interventions for liver-transplanted patientsReview
- Nutritional support for liver diseaseReview
- Open, small-incision, or laparoscopic cholecystectomy for patients with symptomatic cholecystolithiasis. An overview of Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group reviewsReviewOverview
- Palliative cytoreductive surgery versus other palliative treatments in patients with unresectable liver metastases from gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumoursReview
- Pentoxifylline for alcoholic hepatitisReview
- Percutaneous needle aspiration, injection, and re-aspiration with or without benzimidazole coverage for uncomplicated hepatic hydatid cystsReview
- Percutanous ethanol injection or percutaneous acetic acid injection for early hepatocellular carcinomaReview
- Pharmacological interventions for ischaemia reperfusion injury in liver resection surgery performed under vascular controlReview
- Pharmacological interventions to decrease blood loss and blood transfusion requirements for liver resectionReview
- Pharmacological interventions versus no pharmacological intervention for ischaemia reperfusion injury in liver resection surgery performed under vascular controlReview
- Phyllanthus species for chronic hepatitis B virus infectionReview
- Phyllanthus species versus antiviral drugs for chronic hepatitis B virus infectionReviewNew
- Piggy-back graft for liver transplantationReview
- Portosystemic shunts versus endoscopic therapy for variceal rebleeding in patients with cirrhosisReview
- Pre-operative biliary drainage for obstructive jaundiceReview
- Primary closure versus T-tube drainage after laparoscopic common bile duct stone explorationReview
- Primary closure versus T-tube drainage after open common bile duct explorationReview
- Probiotics for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and/or steatohepatitisReview
- Probiotics for patients with hepatic encephalopathyReview
- Propylthiouracil for alcoholic liver diseaseReview
- Prostaglandins for adult liver transplanted patientsReview
- Radiofrequency thermal ablation versus other interventions for hepatocellular carcinomaReview
- Ribavirin monotherapy for chronic hepatitis CReview
- Ribavirin plus interferon versus interferon for chronic hepatitis CReview
- Ribavirin with or without alpha interferon for chronic hepatitis CReviewWithdrawn
- Robot assistant versus human or another robot assistant in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomyReview
- Routine abdominal drainage for uncomplicated laparoscopic cholecystectomyReview
- Routine abdominal drainage for uncomplicated liver resectionReview
- Routine abdominal drainage for uncomplicated open cholecystectomyReview
- Routine drainage for orthotopic liver transplantationReview
- S-adenosyl-L-methionine for alcoholic liver diseasesReview
- Sequential combination of glucocorticosteroids and alfa interferon versus alfa interferon alone for HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis BReview
- Small-incision versus open cholecystectomy for patients with symptomatic cholecystolithiasisReview
- Somatostatin analogues for acute bleeding oesophageal varicesReview
- Sphincterotomy for biliary sphincter of Oddi dysfunctionReview
- Surgical resection versus non-surgical treatment for hepatic node positive patients with colorectal liver metastasesReview
- Surgical versus endoscopic treatment of bile duct stonesReview
- Tamoxifen for hepatocellular carcinomaReview
- Techniques for liver parenchymal transection in liver resectionReview
- Techniques of flushing and reperfusion for liver transplantationReview
- Terlipressin for acute esophageal variceal hemorrhageReview
- Terlipressin for hepatorenal syndromeReview
- Three dimensional versus two dimensional imaging for laparoscopic cholecystectomyReview
- TIPS versus paracentesis for cirrhotic patients with refractory ascitesReview
- Transarterial (chemo)embolisation for unresectable hepatocellular carcinomaReview
- Transarterial (chemo)embolisation versus no intervention or placebo intervention for liver metastasesReviewNew Search
- Ursodeoxycholic acid and/or antibiotics for prevention of biliary stent occlusionReview
- Ursodeoxycholic acid for primary biliary cirrhosisReview
- Vaccines for preventing hepatitis B in health-care workersReview
- Vascular occlusion for elective liver resectionsReview
- Veno-venous bypass versus none for liver transplantationReview
- Virtual reality training for surgical trainees in laparoscopic surgeryReview
- Vitamin K for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with acute or chronic liver diseasesReview
- Weight reduction for non-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseReview
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- Protocols
- Acupuncture for chronic hepatitis B virus infectionProtocol
- Adefovir dipivoxil for chronic hepatitis BProtocol
- Adefovir dipivoxil for chronic hepatitis BProtocol
- Adefovir dipivoxil versus other antiviral drugs for chronic hepatitis BProtocol
- Albumin and other plasma expanders for paracentesis treatment of ascites in cirrhotic patientsProtocol
- Aminoadamantanes for chronic hepatitis CProtocol
- Antibiotic prophylaxis for surgical site infection in patients undergoing liver transplantationProtocol
- Antibiotics for cholangitis and/or cholecystitisProtocol
- Antibiotics for hepatic encephalopathyProtocol
- Antibody induction versus corticosteroid induction for liver transplant recipientsProtocol
- Antibody induction versus placebo, no induction, or another type of antibody induction for liver transplant recipientsProtocol
- Antiviral treatments for lamivudine-resistant chronic hepatitis B adult patientsProtocol
- Beta-blocker plus nitrates for secondary prevention of variceal bleedingProtocol
- Beta-blockers alone or with endoscopic therapy for prevention of variceal rebleeding in portal hypertensionProtocol
- Beta-blockers for prevention of oesophageal variceal rebleeding in cirrhotic patientsProtocol
- Bile acids for biliary colicProtocol
- Capsule endoscopy for the diagnosis of oesophageal varices in patients with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosisProtocolDiagnostic
- Celsior solution versus University of Wisconsin solution in liver preservation for transplantationProtocol
- Chemotherapy for gallbladder cancerProtocol
- Chinese herbal medicines for adverse events of transarterial chemoembolization in patients with primary liver cancerProtocol
- Comparison of medicinal herbs for chronic hepatitis B virus infectionProtocol
- Conversion of calcineurin inhibitor treatment to target of rapamycin inhibitor treatment versus continuation of calcineurin inhibitor treatment for liver transplant recipientsProtocol
- Cryotherapy for liver metastasesProtocol
- Drugs improving insulin resistance for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and/or non-alcoholic steatohepatitisProtocolNew
- Education of patients about to undergo laparoscopic cholecystectomyProtocol
- Electro-coagulation for liver metastasesProtocol
- Emergency sclerotherapy or band ligation combined with vasoactive drugs for bleeding esophageal varices in cirrhosisProtocol
- Endoscopic injection of cyanoacrylate glue versus other endoscopic procedures for acute bleeding gastric varices in patients with portal hypertensionProtocol
- Endoscopic interventions for unresectable cholangiocarcinomaProtocol
- Entecavir for chronic hepatitis BProtocol
- Erythrocytapheresis versus phlebotomy for hereditary haemochromatosisProtocol
- Foscarnet for chronic hepatitis BProtocol
- Glucocorticosteroids for alcoholic hepatitisProtocol
- Glucocorticosteroids for infants with biliary atresia following Kasai portoenterostomyProtocol
- Glucocorticosteroids for liver transplanted patientsProtocol
- Glucocorticosteroids for patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomyProtocol
- Glucocorticosteroids for viral hepatitis BProtocol
- Glycyrrhizin for chronic hepatitis B virus infectionProtocol
- Glycyrrhizin versus antiviral drugs for chronic hepatitis B virus infectionProtocol
- Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor for acute liver failure or acute-on-chronic liver failureProtocolNew
- Hepatitis B immune globulin for preventing hepatitis B recurrence after liver transplantationProtocol
- Hepatitis B immune globulin for prevention of posttransplantation hepatitis BProtocol
- Hepatitis B immunoglobulin during pregnancy for the prevention of mother to child transmission of hepatitis B virusProtocol
- Herbal medicines for fatty liver diseasesProtocol
- Interferon alpha for chronic hepatitis BProtocol
- Interferon beta for chronic hepatitis BProtocol
- Interferon for hepatocellular carcinomaProtocol
- Interferon gamma for chronic hepatitis BProtocol
- Intra-peritoneal local anaesthetic instillation versus no intra-peritoneal local anaesthetic instillation for laparoscopic cholecystectomyProtocol
- Intra-peritoneal saline instillation versus no instillation for laparoscopic cholecystectomyProtocol
- Isoprinosine versus other antiviral drugs for chronic hepatitis BProtocolNew
- L-ornithine-L-aspartate for hepatic encephalopathyProtocol
- Lamivudine during pregnancy for preventing hepatitis B virus infection in newbornsProtocol
- Lamivudine for chronic hepatitis B in adultsProtocol
- Lamivudine for preventing reactivation of hepatitis B infection in patients planned to undergo immunosuppressive therapyProtocol
- Laparoscopic-endoscopic rendezvous versus preoperative endoscopic sphincterotomy for common bile duct stones in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomyProtocolNew
- Laparoscopic surgical box model training for surgical trainees with limited prior laparoscopic experienceProtocolNew
- Laparoscopic surgical box model training for surgical trainees with no prior laparoscopic experienceProtocolNew
- Laparoscopic versus open liver resection for benign and malignant hepatic lesions in adultsProtocol
- Levamisole for chronic hepatitis BProtocol
- Magnetic resonance imaging, computer tomography scan, and oesophagography for the diagnosis of oesophageal varices in patients with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosisProtocolDiagnostic
- Medical therapeutic agents for Wilson's diseaseProtocol
- Medical treatments for autoimmune hepatitisProtocol
- Medicinal herbs for acute hepatitis BProtocol
- Medicinal herbs for cholelithiasisProtocol
- Methods of gallbladder dissection for laparoscopic cholecystectomyProtocol
- Methods of intra-peritoneal local anaesthetic instillation for laparoscopic cholecystectomyProtocol
- Methods of management of high-risk surgical patients with acute cholecystitisProtocol
- Microwave coagulation for liver metastasesProtocol
- Mycophenolate mofetil for liver-transplanted patientsProtocol
- Naloxone for hepatic encephalopathyProtocol
- Nitazoxanide for chronic hepatitis C virus infectionProtocol
- Non-invasive test of liver fibrosis for the diagnosis of oesophageal varices in patients with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosisProtocolDiagnostic
- Non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions for primary prevention of gallbladder stones in adultsProtocol
- Non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs for biliary colicsProtocol
- Organic nitrates for prevention of esophageal varices bleeding and rebleedingProtocol
- Pegylated interferon alpha 2a versus pegylated interferon alpha 2b for chronic hepatitis CProtocol
- Pegylated interferon for acute hepatitis CProtocol
- Pegylated interferon for chronic hepatitis BProtocol
- Pegylated interferon plus ribavirin versus non-pegylated interferon plus ribavirin for chronic hepatitis CProtocol
- Percutaneous ethanol injection for liver metastasesProtocol
- Perfusion techniques for liver retrieval in liver donorsProtocol
- Pharmacological interventions for prevention or treatment of post-operative pain in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomyProtocol
- Pharmacological interventions to decrease ischaemia reperfusion injury in liver transplantationProtocol
- Phlebotomy for hereditary haemochromatosisProtocol
- Platelet count, spleen length, and platelet count/spleen length ratio for the diagnosis of oesophageal varices in patients with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosisProtocolDiagnostic
- Postexposure vaccines for hepatitis AProtocol
- Preoperative physical exercise training for patients scheduled for major abdominal surgeryProtocol
- Prostaglandin E1 analogues for chronic hepatitis BProtocol
- Selective vasopressin type 2 receptor antagonist for patients with cirrhosisProtocol
- Serological laboratory tests for diagnosis of human leptospirosis in patients presenting with clinical symptomsProtocolDiagnostic
- Sophorus species for chronic hepatitis B virus infectionProtocol
- Statins for non-alcoholic steatohepatitisProtocol
- Surgical portosystemic shunts versus transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for variceal haemorrhageProtocol
- Surgical resection for hepatocellular carcinomaProtocol
- Surgical versus medical treatment of refractory ascitesProtocol
- Systemic chemotherapy for inoperable hepatocellular carcinomaProtocol
- Techniques of biliary reconstruction for liver transplantationProtocol
- Telbivudine for chronic hepatitis BProtocol
- Tests for diagnosis of common bile duct stonesProtocolDiagnostic
- Thymosin alpha1 for chronic hepatitis BProtocol
- Tiopronin for chronic hepatitis BProtocol
- Total portosystemic shunt versus shunts preserving portal venous hepatic perfusion for variceal haemorrhageProtocol
- Transient ultrasound elastography and magnetic resonance elastography for the diagnosis of oesophageal varices in patients with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosisProtocolDiagnostic
- Two or three ports versus four ports for laparoscopic cholecystectomyProtocol
- Wound infiltration with local anaesthetic agents for laparoscopic cholecystectomyProtocol
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